Below are some links you might enjoy if you've found anything on this website of interest to you.

Crónán This is a band that Kevin and Jack were part of that features the lovely voice of Rebecca Marculescu with beautiful arrangements by Junji Shirota.

Jody's HeavenFormed as a band that Junji Shirota wanted to take on tour to Japan, "Jody's Heaven" featured the master fiddle playing of Dale Russ, and the concertina & flute playing of Jack Gilder. Included on this site are sound samples from two recordings the group has produced, as well as biographical information about Junji, Dale, and Jack.

Lief SorbyeHe played with "Golden Bough" and is now the founder of the Bay Area's leading celtic rock band, "Tempest." But at one time he and Jack Gilder thought it might be a good idea to get together with Scott Renfort and form a Irish trad group known as... "Tipsy House."

Danny CarnahanOur friend Danny has a lot going on. Besides being a writer, artist, blogmaster, and founder of the popular celtic - Grateful Dead fusion group: "Wake the Dead"... he has the dubious distinction of having played with Tipsy House.

Elisa WelchShe describes herself as a,"countercultural ethnomusician who specializes in Left Coast Neo-Celtic Folk"... but we like to think of her as one of our Tipsy House alumni.

Steve BaughmanBefore he gave up strumming and started picking on the guitar, (finger picking that is), Steve had his hand at backing up the Tipsy Boys.

John HicksAs part of his personal world tour in the mid 90s, John Hicks passed through San Francisco. He came just as Lief Sorbye was rock & rolling out of Tipsy House and became the band's guitar player for about 6 months or so. He went back to Ireland and later showed up in a great band called, "Lia Luachra."

Paul ChaffeeWhen Scott Renfort left Tipsy House, Paul Chaffee stepped in for a while during the band's transition between back-up players, Leif Sorbye, John Hicks, Danny Carnahan, Steve Baughman, Don Clark, Elisa Welch, and Junji Shirota. Visit his web site and find out what he's up to these days.

Plough Calendar The home of traditional Irish music in the San Francisco Bay Area, "The Plough" is where Tipsy House performes on a regular basis. This is also where the Thursday night set dances happen.

Irish Traditional Music ListThis is a discussion group that talks about everything connected with Irish traditional music. There are scholars in Ireland that have very interesting things to say... and then there's blokes like me there too. Take a look through the archives.

Lark CampThis is the music camp that Jack and Richard teach at. Jack has been attending scince 1982, and it's where he first met Kevin Bernhagen. This camp features music from all over the word... and it's one fine party in the beautiful redwoods of Mendocino every year.

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann of San FranciscoThe Cooley-Keegan San Francisco branch of CCÉ is where most of the set dancers come from at our Thursday night set dances at the plough & Stars pub. They have tons of other things that they're up to, and you can find out about them at this site.